Feed-bag.



G. A. BOYD.

FEED BAG.

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CHARLIE A. BOYD, OF SPENCER, NORTH CAROLINA.

' FEED-BAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 13, 1910.

Application filed April 24, 1909. Serial No. 491,968.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLIE A. BOYD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Spencer, in the county of Rowan and State of North Carolina,have invented new and useful Improvements in Feed-Bags, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to feed bags for animals, the object of theinvention being to provide a simple, collapsible or folding feed bag andsupporting means therefor adapting the bag to be supported and sustainedin a convenient position to enable an animal to feed therefrom, thesupporting means being adjustable to suit any animal.

lVith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as herein fullydescribed, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the feedbag, showing the same applied to the animal. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sideelevation showing a portion of the bag and the longitudinally extensiblesupport. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 4 is a side elevationof the bag suspended hoop and extensible support folded.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the bag proper which may be ofany suitable material and size. The bag is supported at its upper edgeor mouth by means of a bag suspending hoop illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3wherein will be seen that said hoop is circular and consists of twosemi-circular sections 2 and 3 which are connected hingedly together atdiametrically opposite points as shown at 4. These sections 2 and 3 arepreferably formed of suitable lengths of wire having the terminalfportions thereof looped together and in the ormation of said loops, oneof the sections is provided with shoulders 5, which, when the sectionsare in a substantially common plane, bear against the portions 6 of thelooped extremities of the other section, thereby maintaining the twosections of the suspending hoop in substantially the same plane as shownat Figs. 1 and 2. The ends of one of the sections 3 are extended upwardto form suspending arms 7 terminating in eyes 8 adapted to receive oneor more suspending connections 9 such as cords which pass upward overthe head of the. animal and rearward where they may be connected to thecheck hook 10 of the harness saddle 11 thus holding the feed bag closeto the mouth of the animal, as seen in Fig. 1.

In connection with the bag suspending hook I employ a longitudinallyextensible support embodying a pair of relatively slidable members 12and 13, the member 12 being provided with an eye 14 through which themember 13 is slidable, while the member 13 is provided with an eye 15through which the member 12 is slidable. One of said eyes is providedwith a binding screw 16 by means of which the adjustment of therelatively sliclable member 12 and 13 may be fixed. The support justdescribed has a jointed connection at one end with the bag suspendinghoop as shown at 17, where said support passes through an upwardlycurved slotted lug 18 extending laterally and radially outward from thehoop. At its opposite end said extensible support is provided with astrap 19 adapted to be passed around a collar 20 as shown in Fig. 1 tosuitably anchor the device as a whole. At the side opposite the slottedlug 18 is a corresponding reversely curved slotted lug 21 which, whenthe sections 2 and 3 are folded together as shown in Fig. 4, lie incontact with each other in compact relation as shown in Fig. 4. In thefigure last referred'to, it will also be noted that the semi-circularsections 2 and 3 of the bag suspending hoop, fold together like theframe of an ordinary pocket purse and that the members of thelongitudinally extensible support may also be slid together in compactrelation to each 1 other and the sections of the hoop enabling the bagand its supporting means to be stored away in a. small space.

The feed bag hereinabove described is easily adjusted and fitted to anyanimal in an expeditious and effective manner and by the connectionsdescribed the bag may be held in a convenient position for the animal tofeed easily therefrom. The bag and its supporting means may be quicklydetached from the animal and folded and stored away.

I claim:

A feed bag for animals in combination with supporting means for the bagcomprising a bag suspending hoop embodying a pair of semi-circularsections one of which has terminal eyes while the other section has itsend portions inserted through said eyes its opposite end. with aconnection applicable and bent to form angular upstanding susto a partof the harness. 10 pending arms, shoulders adjacent to said In testimonywhereof I afiix my signature eyes for sustaining the sections insubstanin presence of two, Witnesses.

5 tially the same plane, a suspending connec- CHARLIE A. BOYD.

tion attached to said upstanding arms, and Witnesses: a longitudinallyextensible support connect- A. W. HICKS,

ed at one end to said hoop and provided at C. H. MORRISON.

